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There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.

Teresa of Avila

We shall never learn to know ourselves except by endeavoring to know God; for, beholding His greatness we realize our own littleness; His purity shows us our foulness; and by meditating upon His humility we find how very far we are from being humble.
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Far Greatness Humble Learning Ourselves Purity
It is the nature of love to work in a thousand different ways.
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Different Love Nature Way Work
Blessed be He, Who came into the world for no other purpose than to suffer.
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Blessing Purpose Suffering World
There are more tears shed over answered prayers than over unanswered prayers.
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Answer Prayer Tears
Prayer is an act of love. Words are not needed.
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Act Love Need Prayer Word
God is even kinder than you think.
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God Kindness Thinking Yourself
All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge and serious consideration penetrate into the truths of Sacred Scripture.
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Evil Flow Knowledge Man Serious Trouble Truth World
In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are pleasing both to God and man, rising from the River of Life, beside which it is rooted like a tree.
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Crystal God Grace Life Man Rise River State Tree Water
If we learn to love the earth, we will find labyrinths, gardens, fountains and precious jewels! A whole new world will open itself to us. We will discover what it means to be truly alive.
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Alive Discover Earth Learning Love Open Search True
It is a dangerous thing to be satisfied with ourselves.
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Dangerous Ourselves Satisfaction
May God protect me from gloomy saints.
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God Protection Sadness
Do you know when people really become spiritual? It is when they become the slaves of God and are branded with His sign, which is the sign of the Cross, in token that they have given Him their freedom.
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Brand Freedom God Himself People Slave Spiritual
Prayer is a friendly conversation with the One we know loves us.
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Conversation Friendship Love Oneself Prayer
There seem to me a great many blessings which come from true poverty and I should be sorry to be deprived of them.
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Greatness Myself Poverty Sorry True
Humility must always be doing its work like a bee making honey in the hive: without humility all will be lost.
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Humility Lost Work
Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.
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Bad Habit Sin Yourself

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